Government to Judge Weisberg: “Meh.”
It’ s still undecided whether the annual Superior Court felony calender swap will bring in a new judge – former prosecutor Lynn Leibowitz - to preside over the Wone case through the May 2010 trial. Judge Frederick Weisberg, already 13 months into this case, indicated he was neither inclined to stay...
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Leftover Turkey
Amuse-bouche: Monday will bring the latest round of motions filed. The Government responded, with some very strong language, to the defense request to keep Judge Weisberg on the Wone case. That of course brought another response from the defense. And it seems all discovery disputes have been settled; all except for one single item. ...
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The Taxman Cometh
On Monday, super sharpie contributor Meto walked us through some of the finer points of the Florida Homestead exemption - the law that may protect ownership of Joe and Victor’s Miami Shores home in the event they come out on the losing end of Kathy Wone’s $20 million wrongful death civil suit.
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Maybe not the case…
“Ann”, a reader of WMRW.com since its inception, offers her take on the case:
I’ve been following this blog for almost one year. I have always been a “passive reader” because of the big effort I have to do to write in English (I’m not an English- speaker) and also because I...
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Bienvenido a Miami
In the years following Robert’s murder, Florida seemed to be calling out to the Swann Street defendants. Dylan Ward moved down to Wilton Manors, Ft. Lauderdale’s gay enclave in the fall of 2007 to work at a massage parlour.
Joe Price and Victor Zaborsky purchased their $715, 000 Miami Shores home in June...
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…Except At Swann Street.
Evidence is everything at trial. Cases rise and fall on available evidence, regardless of true justice. Most often, it’s the presence of evidence (DNA, ballistics, a bloody glove, etc.) that determines the prosecution’s path and the defense’s opportunities. In the Robert Wone case, it’s clear the absence of evidence will figure...
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When No Comment Speaks Volumes
During a break in the action at the most recent status hearing, your editors saw an opportunity to get some comment from a group we don’t hear from often enough: supporters of the defendants.
The court room was full, and while it’s not always possible to determine who is who, we...
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Swann Street Swoons
At Friday’s status hearing we learned that the defense team submitted a joint motion for special assignment, a request of Chief Judge Lee Satterfield that the man presiding over the Wone case, Judge Frederick Weisberg, stay on until completion of the May 2010 trial.
At issue is whether another judge, Lynn Leibowitz inherits Weisberg’s...
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Blood Does Not Lie
The idea of blood and its “spatter” traces seems ugly.
Let’s be clear: it is. Uglier still is an unsolved murder.
We pursue this in the spirit of a better understanding of what happened August 2nd, 2006.
There’s no doubt both prosecution and defense teams are zeroing in on what crime scene evidence will...
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Hey, Hey DNA! What Can You Do For Us Next May?
There’s quite a bit to pick through after last week’s motions and status hearing.
Start with the headline from Friday’s status hearing, “Win, Lose or Draw.” Just what did Bernie Grimm mean by that? Was he revealing a defense strategy?
A large part of Friday’s hearing had the...
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On August 2nd, 2006, Washington attorney Robert E. Wone was murdered at 1509 Swann Street. Over two years passed before any criminal charges were filed - and then only conspiracy, obstruction of justice and crime scene tampering charges were brought against the Swann Street housemates, all present in the home on the night of the murder: Joe Price, Dylan Ward and Victor Zaborsky.
On May 17, 2010, a DC Superior Court trial got underway and all three defendants were all acquitted in that bench trial on those pending charges.
Nearly four years later, very little seems clear about what happened that night and who murdered Robert Wone. A cloud of suspicion remains over the Swann Street defendants who have denied any involvement in the murder of their friend or in the alleged cover up.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz found a moral certainty in their collective guilt, but not evidentiary certainty. Civil proceedings in a wrongful death suit filed by Robert's family is the next chapter in this tragic story.
We continue to work together seeking answers to the mystery of Robert Wone's murder and in finding justice for his memory and legacy.
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